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There are probably hundreds of blog posts on how to store hijabs! I’m just going to add to it as well 🙂 My friend over at Hafsacreates posted on Instagram asking her followers for hijab organizing tips. After I shared how I store/organize my scarves, she encouraged me to write a blog post about it. And so here we are (a couple months later!).

I use an IKEA multi-use hanger, similar to this, for my everyday go to scarves. The benefits of this hanger are multiple: scarves don’t get as wrinkled on it, they are easily accessible and removing one from the hanger doesn’t interfere with the others. It also takes up minimal room in my closet.

For my “fancier” scarves, those for Eids, weddings and other special occasions, I use the IKEA Skubb boxes as dividers to organize them. I first separate them by colour, then fold them to roughly the same size and stack them horizontally against each other in the boxes. It’s visually appealing as the scarves are organized by colour and you can quickly see how many of one colour you have (or don’t have). And the boxes keep the scarves contained so when you take one out, it doesn’t mess up your entire drawer.

The above method keeps me in check with my scarf purchases! If I’m thinking of buying a scarf (or two!) I quickly glance at my collection to see which colour/material/design I already have. I’ve been able to resist some impulse purchases this way but also bought a few colours that were missing (hello dusty pink and all those nudes!). On a positive note, I did a major purge when I first implemented this system and have continually done smaller purges within the last couple of years. Now if only I wasn’t slightly addicted to the Voile Chic collection, my wallet would be happier! 😛

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Both of our dresses are from Modanisa: I’m wearing the orchid print dress and my sister in law is wearing the diva dress. I’ve linked them in my previous post. Our hijabs are from Voile Chic (we are obsessed with their line of chiffon and jersey scarves!).

Which dresses were your favourites?

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Blush pink, baby pink, salmon, powder, nude, gold, rose gold. Those are the colours I’ve been seeing for the past few months. Why you ask? Well, my younger brother-in-law is getting married 🙌🏽 and my sister-in-law and I have been on a mission to find a modest gown that befits the occasion. We’ve seen so many that we absolutely loved! From haute couture Elie Saab numbers to fast fashion ones.

After much deliberation, we ordered the ones we couldn’t stop thinking about. And I thought, why not share some of my favourite ones with you, my readers. After all, I don’t want our research to go to waste. So here are our top finds!

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“Man in the early times was almost naked, and as his intellect evolved he started wearing clothes. What I am today and what I’m wearing represents the highest level of thought and civilization that man has achieved, and is not regressive. It’s the removal of clothes again that is regressive back to ancient times” - Nobel laureate, Tawakul Karman, in response to journalists who said her hijab was not proportionate with her level of intellect and education.